Parliament of France

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bicameral legislature national legislature

The Parliament of France is the country's bicameral national legislature, composed of the National Assembly and the Senate, responsible for making laws and overseeing the government.

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Observed surface forms (7)

Surface form Occurrences
French Parliament 8
Parlement français 3
Parliament of the Fourth French Republic 2

Statements (48)

Predicate Object
instanceOf bicameral legislature ⓘ
national legislature ⓘ
budgetaryPower authorizes taxation ⓘ
votes finance bills ⓘ
canBeDissolvedBy President of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form: President of France (National Assembly only)
canCreate parliamentary commissions of inquiry ⓘ
constitutionalArticleDefiningPowers Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Title IV of the Constitution of France
constitutionalSystem French Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Fifth French Republic
country France ⓘ
electoralSystemLowerHouse two-round system in single-member constituencies ⓘ
electoralSystemUpperHouse indirect election by an electoral college ⓘ
established 1958 ⓘ
hasComponent National Assembly of France ⓘ
Senate of France ⓘ
hasFunction debate on public policy ⓘ
ratification of international treaties (in some cases) ⓘ
representation of the French people ⓘ
hasJointSessionName Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Congress of the French Parliament
hasOfficialNameInFrench Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parlement français
hasPower constitutional amendment (with Congress of Parliament) ⓘ
vote of no confidence in the government (National Assembly) ⓘ
hasWebsite https://www.parlement.fr/ ⓘ
houseType lower house and upper house ⓘ
jointSessionLocation Versailles ⓘ
surface form: Palace of Versailles
languageUsed French ⓘ
legalBasis Constitution of the Fifth Republic ⓘ
surface form: Constitution of the Fifth French Republic
legislativeFunction amends laws ⓘ
passes laws ⓘ
votes the budget ⓘ
lowerHouse National Assembly of France ⓘ
meetsIn Palais Bourbon ⓘ
Palais du Luxembourg ⓘ
Paris ⓘ
numberOfHouses 2 ⓘ
oversightFunction oversees the Government of France ⓘ
predecessor Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Fourth French Republic

Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
surface form: Parliament of the Third French Republic
relatedInstitution Constitutional Council of France ⓘ
Government of France ⓘ
President of the French Republic ⓘ
surface form: President of France
renewalUpperHouse one half every three years ⓘ
roleInGovernmentFormation confidence of National Assembly required for government ⓘ
supervises public policies ⓘ
termLengthLowerHouse 5 years ⓘ
termLengthUpperHouse 6 years ⓘ
typeOfStateStructure semi-presidential system ⓘ
upperHouse Senate of France ⓘ
votingSystem majority voting in each chamber ⓘ

Referenced by (28)

Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Government of France → collaboratesWith → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Parliament of France → hasJointSessionName → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Congress of the French Parliament
Parliament of France → hasOfficialNameInFrench → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement français
French overseas territories → haveLegislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Consul for Life → legislativeBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Senate
French Fifth Republic → legislativeBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
French Fourth Republic → legislativeBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
National Assembly of France → legislativeBranchOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
Assemblée nationale → legislativeChamberOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement français
France → legislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
French Republic → legislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
French Third Republic → legislature → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Assemblée nationale → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parlement français
Palais Bourbon → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
Senate of France → partOf → Parliament of France ⓘ
Parliament of France → predecessor → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Fourth French Republic
Parliament of France → predecessor → Parliament of France self-linksurface differs ⓘ
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Third French Republic
subject surface form: Parliament of France
this entity surface form: Parliament of the Fourth French Republic
Council of Ministers of France → relatedBody → Parliament of France ⓘ
Conseil des ministres → relatedTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
High Court of Justice of France → relatedTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
this entity surface form: French Parliament
Government of France → responsibleTo → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament
subject surface form: Government of France
subject surface form: Government of France
France → upperHouse → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: Senate of France
Guadeloupe → usesParliament → Parliament of France ⓘ
this entity surface form: French Parliament